The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-03-17


enumerated the following: First. The
purchase, on behalf OF tho State, o
Agricultural Hall, the lot upon which i
is situated, and it's equipments, includ
ing its chemical laboratory, &c, value(
manner of assessing the royalty paid by
the Coosaw Company, resulting, as
have previously mentioned, in the re
covering of Sd, 9S3. 46 and m annual in
crease of the public income of $5, 900
The estimate of the amount to date dc
rived as the results of this enterprise OF
the part of the board would be in rounG
numbers about $4,000. Third. The in
auguration and conduct Of litigation
which has resulted in the recovery in
our Courts Of 5000 acres OF Land in the
heart of the phosphate territory, valued
Mt $50, 900, and the recovery of iudg.
ment against tho Pacific GuauO Com.
pany for past due royalty Of 853, SIC. .I8.
Fourth. Under the auspices OF the pres.
ent board tho royalty pnid the State
during the seven years Of it's supervision
has been increased from $340, 7A6, the
aggregate paid for the seven years lust
previous to tho establishment of the de.
partment of agriculture, to $3.50, $50, an
increase of $639, 1923 in favor of the pres.
ent board, and collected without any OK,
pense whatever to the public treasury
Fifth. Twill merely allude to its conduct
of the public interest in fish and fishe,
rles; to its attempts to encourage immi-
grafton; to the magnificent handbook
which it has compiled, printed and dis
tributed, setting forth the advantages,
resources, &C., of the State; to it's ser.
vices at the different eXpositions; to its
experiments, its correspondence, publ
cation and distribution of seed. The
work Of this department. has been fully
| commensurate with what might have
been expected from tho distinguished
mch who have conducted it. Capt. Till
man and his allies have proposed
Governor Hagood and Col. Duncan for
members of the new board, and Chan
cellor Johnston was selected by them as
member of the travelling committee, to
investigate agricultural colleges in other
States. Thus we see them endorsing
three of the members of this very board
which they charge with extravaganza
and Incompetence. They den9unce
Prof. McBryde's experimental farm in
Columbia as farce, and, with their
usual consistency, somo of them are
urging him for director Of those Drovid-
ed for by the Legislature at its last scs-
sion. Capt. Tillman thinks the Logis-
lature should have been governed on all
agricultural questions by his Conven-
lions. During his November Conven-
ton there were several thousand farmers
in Columbia, Notwithstanding which
TACT, the attendance on his Convention
was very slim. Capt. Tillman acknowl.
edging himself to be the only rcpresen
tatiye from his Congressional district,
who represented the fnrmers-the few
who wcro i'll his Convention, or The
several thousand who were present and
took no notice OF it?
AS to the sins of the Senate, that body
passed the experimental station bill, the
bill to tax cotton seed meal and the bill
to repeal the lien law, three measures
recommended by Capt. Tillmau's Con-
ventlon and merely postponed action on
the bill to reorganize the department of
agriculture until the next session. Thus
we see the Senate really rejected none of
their proposed measures, while the
House passed two OF their bills-thc cX-
perlmcntal station bill and the bill to
reOrganize the department of agricul-
ture. 1t rejected three of their meas
urcs outrlght-thc joint resolution call
ing Constitutional Convention, the bill
to tax cotton seed meal, and the bill to
repeal the lien law. Under these cir
cumstances the question might be asked
with propriety which of these two bodies
conformcd most to the requirements of
Capt. Tillman and his followers, the
'Tarnlnr House" or the ''Sinful Senate"
| Cali only account for the silence with
which they have treated the slaughter of
their pet measures in the House, and
the ''hue and cry'' they have raised over
the nero postponCment of one Of their
measures by tho Senate, upon the
ground that the measure postponed was
the only one which opened up al avenue
to the position Of "taX-eater."
MIR. Tillman asks if L hav0 forgotten
that some years ago both the Agricll-
tural Society and the State Grange
passed resolutions urging the Legisla-
ture to abolish tho lien law, which, ac-
cording to Capt. NIlman, is my 'pet
aversion" and his "damnable lien law,
and explained the nonconformity Of tic
Legislature to this requirement Of the
two organizations in the following Ian
guagc: clad either or both of these or
CARNATIONS represented any considerable
contingent OF our agricultural popula-
ton; had there been fewer politicians
among thom and more real honest farm
crs, there would have been moro heed
paid to their wishes" Between the
caprice Of fortune, the "F'armor House"
and the "Sinful Senate" the recon-
mendations Of Capt. Tillman's Convcn-
tiOns were shown very little quarter.
Perhaps by striking out the words
organizations" and inserting in lieu
thereof the word "Conycntion" the
Captain can find II solution Of his trouble
very nearly in his own language.
The Scriptures tell us that when the
blind lead tho blind both fall in the
ditch. How, then, can man who docs
not know how to farm lead tho farmers
of the State? Should some Of Capt.
,Eillman's propositions be adopted, the
farmers would soon pray to be delivered
from their friends. / alludo to the
doubling OF the royalty on river rock
and the license taX-mCasurcs which
would ultimately result in the increase
of the tax exclusively paid by farmers
from $25, 900 to &I50,000, which, as an
indirect tax, Capt. Tillman says, the
forp,aru Nvp,,I buUn r, nav % for 90